New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-01
NEIV EVIDENCE ~ TIE PINE CASE.
THE SIDE OF THE PROPoNENT REOPENED.
THE MIsER's CONFIDENCE ~ wARDwELL -PAINES


TIE MIsER's CONFIDENCE IN wARDwELL -PAINES
KNOWLEDGE AND MEMORY.
Surrogate Rollins yesterday decided to permit the conn
sci of John H. WaweI 10 reopen their for the pur-
pose of presenting ewydscoveed evidence In the con
test over the will alleged 10 have been made by James H.
Paine the miser, and subsequently to have been lost
The first Of these witnesses was John W. Curtis writer
for musical Journals, who testified:
first James H. Paine IN the fall Of 1884 ut
Mr. War wes Office No % E'st fourteenth st. was CON
Tiousy iaSed With Mr. WardweI about Collecting details Of
ana he saI Wir r wa, a,ie"Ug 10 hs bu saw
Wardwel sign paper what looked Ike certificate
fo'S s Sa as 'O at No Vest Fonrit snS
remnls. which he ha Promised to give Mr. He
said h. had not don an! thing about ~ snsecsie mat We
that" started ont. and said 10 Paine lyon are get
ting 20 he gr"ty od a8n wan yo9 20 ,o y
matter what happens you will find everything In Mr. wsr
Pue though retcenL co!d TAX int gently especiay on
musical regarded him a fhrewd. sharp man.
DR. Nelson Middleton. druggist, OF No. 30 hacdorgal,
dcposed that Wardwell called on him IN the spring OF
1883 AMI asked II he had seen anything of Paine saying
that he seemed tn he Keeping out Of his way.
William C. Anderson testified that lie became acqnalnt.
I'm Broadway. He heard Paine and lngwall talking to-
eher and struck with Faines clear way OF express
ing himself aud asked u be introduced to him. The VII
ness continued:
We often talked together about relg shipping land laws
aor ,% @e o, arc S"n @9 na From h
time that hrst met him. with brief Intervals when was
sNs Spy "n ever r. ew recosnsed the
ness the great man. That and drew me TO him
lie called me Friend Anderson
The witness said that people at Dingwas treated
Paine IN sighting way md the witness then TOOK MS
part and asked Paine leave the house with him. They
walked to the Academy az Music. standing IN front or
which Paine told him that lie had $4,000 and lived on
the Income % that could be extravaganza Paine
had very bitter feeling toward samuei j.
Tllen. aud one occasion spoke bitterly;
saving that Mr.. Tilden bad virtually robbed
him OF 100000. The witness often accompanied Paine
ON his way home at night Paine concealed Ills abode
and told the witnes. leave him before lie reached H.
but the witness Ovo.ed il by following hn on the
lie otter borrowed the witnesses Bible The witness said
MANY five hours conversation we've had on the Bible
He WAYS hat roDrthng new TO say about he HOls lie
seemed 10 have very heart for MI Chckering. but
SIR Chickering'S pacs aud b. vs. SURPRISED AZ u: tha
valuable effects there and MI ChckeTnF nae treated
him badA~
Paine f(kcd 10 the witness about Naugatuck Railroad
stok and Third Avenue Railroad stock but did not say
thn, he owned ANY. He niso spoke ~ bank In the
Bowery told how ts founder had looked neither to
the righ noi left and dealt only In ltedse bigh-water
mark stock" The witness did not know who or what
referred Ia. In October or November 1852 falhe
tod tn witness that he had made his Will, but did not
SAY IA whose favor Paine told the witness that he
was never married lie also said that no relative OF his
would ever get frOm him The witness measured the
s1. Paincs head lis circumference Was 242 Inches
Paine said that Dngwa had great audacy In ask
Ing tim for $4,000 After that Paine never went near
Dingwalis
Q-Dd Mr. Paine forget anythingl Ale forgot
nothing ON the earth, think
Tho witness caused much amusement by his voubilty
and hs wandering replies. ON crosse Nnniuaiion eH-
Nornrv-t;rn Russo. asked him II he under tie
Influence OF qaor. lie said he not but lac had taken
Two driuk OF Whskcy far IA h. could remember Tie
hearing will be resumed tomorrow